6 weeks in and severely depressed

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Nv1802 wrote:

I have always had severe anxiety and depression. I was on medication for years until I moved to Canada two years ago to be with my husband and didn't have healthcare. Even when I tried to see a doctor regarding healthcare It was a two year wait list. Over the last two years I fell into some of the worse depressions of my life, and I had finally found a balance with some medication I purchased online. Once I found out I was pregnant at first I was very happy. I stopped taking all medications and now that I'm 6 weeks this last week I have fell into one of the worst depressions of my life. I'm nauseous all the time , can't sleep , tired all of the time, head aches, crying for no reason, sometimes I can't even bring myself to get out of bed. Since I don't have healthcare here I can't even get a check up. I'm being forced to leave the country to seek care back in the states. I just wanted to know if anyone has ever had this bad depression in the first trimester ? I was so happy at first and now I can't stop crying and thinking the worst.

Are you sure you are entitled to no health care? I thought Canada had plans for low-income people, recent immigrants etc.

Anyway it shouldn't cost you that much to get a consultation even without an insurance and it seems really necessary. Maybe try to see a counselor at your local Family Planning, they might be able to help you or redirect you to someone who can help you.

I am 8 weeks pregnant and I stopped taking my medication as soon as I found out and I am very down too. All I do is sleep, work and go home. No matter what I do I can't seem to get out of it. My dr told me unless I felt like I was going to harm myself that it's safest for the baby to stay off, but your doctor might say something different so it's worth it to talk to them. You're not alone! Hope you start to feel better!

Unfortunately they don't have any healthcare for immigrants unless you have legal documents , visitors visa , work visa , residency. I have none so they are unwilling to help me so I can't stay in the country with my husband. It's sad and makes this all worse I have to leave him to have a baby.

I had the exact same experience with anxiety and depression. Mine was totally under control for years, but around week 6, I started having awful nausea, started having mega panic attacks, and cried most of the day. I was terrified. I felt totally out of control, and like I was a failure. I called my OB and explained how I was feeling, and was put on diglegis and zofran for the nausea. Although it helped a bit with the sickness, I still was staying in bed most of the day, was super irritable with my husband, and wanted to do nothing but cry. I am now 14 weeks, and I feel like a whole new person. I believe it was all the crazy 1st trimester hormones playing crazy with my brain. I felt like it never would end, but it did. Hang in there dear!!

You're normal. The placenta kicks out a cacophony of hormones the 1st trinester that differ from the 2nd. I had/have it a bit too but a lot has to do with the fatigue and no energy to be social. Rather than take drugs, try vitamin B6. It's the same thing as in Diglesis but without the added drug so they can patent it. As for insurance, get travel insurance and come back on a 3-month travel visa.